#1. COMING OUT AS THE REALEST RILLA EVER
In a feminized world marked by fake virtue signaling, is there space for the realest RILLA ever?
Dear Diary,
The last job I applied for, they asked if I was gay.
“What a strange company culture!”, a RILLA thought.
The job was not to be some type of whore or a chef at the Obama residence.
And yet, here I was filling out a job application being asked if I was gay.
The messed up thing was, a RILLA knew, if he selected he was gay, he would be more likely to get the job.
If you don’t believe me, look around at the state of American masculinity.
Kim Kardashian, famous for gobbling up Ray J, in 2007 is “man of the year” by GQ in 2023.
Big booty hoes think they can get away with everything these days
Dylan Mulvaney, a dude dressed up like a chick, secures six figure brand deals with companies like Bud Light. Just for being a dude dressed up as a chick.
Marvel Studios, a company whose target audience has always been young men, is now dubbed the “M-She-U”.
For whatever reason, corporate America in 2023 prefers to hire feminized and gay men.
Some will say it is because of diversity and inclusion initiatives. But in the “Me Too” era, what does your gender or sexuality have to do with your work product anyway?
In America, we celebrate people for their sexual preferences so much that people “come out of the closet” as “pansexual” or “non-binary” every other week.
But RILLA do not care.
RILLA hopes that people have more class in the future and keep their bedroom life out of the workplace.
But RILLA also recognizes that most people are sheep and just want to “fit in”. Like Demi Lovato. or Billie Ellish. And the gay flag seems everywhere these days doesn’t it?
It is almost as if there was a grand conspiracy to sell sex to the kids….
But RILLA don’t play that.
RILLA ain’t ever ever been about that life!
With all due respect, RILLA just wanted a job dawg.
It is not like RILLA is entitled.
RILLA paid his dues.
RILLA’s pedigree? Went to all the best schools.
Rilla’s skillset? Being Positively Inspiring and Motivating, of course.
RILLA’s work product? Legendary.
To fuel my artistry, RILLA done it all.
Ghost wrote hundreds of essays for others into colleges and grad schools.
Delivered Uber Eats on foot.
I even designed and built own digital art studio from scratch.
Despite all these feats, this was my thousandth application.
Over and over, even when my skills matched perfectly.
Even when I was overqualified.
I had been passed over.
Rejected.
Most times without even a phone call.
Sometimes, I got the feeling it was personal.
And now here I was on another application, being asked if I was GHEY.
RILLA checked his bank account to see how bad he needed the job.
On the way to close the lap top, RILLA noticed the next question.
“What pronouns do you use? 😃”
The choices were he, she, they and made up words that a crackhead might write.
“If you do not see your pronouns here, fill them in. Thanks! 😃”
RILLA froze in his tracks.
In that moment, RILLA realized he had two choices.
Choice A
Fill out the application.
Become one of those spineless fruitcakes with pronouns in their Linkedin bio.
No principles.
No allegiance to truth.
The type to say anything to fit in and get a job. But at least, maybe I could get a job right?
Choice B
Open a digital art studio and go into business against all the companies that rejected me. Would not be easy.
For a time at least, as I built a brand, I would have to watch on the sidelines as my biggest haters, including many dearly beloved “friends” and “family”, mocked my efforts.
But at least I could stand on truth.
At least, I wouldn’t have to pretend to be gay.
And even though it might seem like these haters and these hoes have it easy, Lord Knows its hardest on them in the long run.
For a Positively Inspirational Motivating Primate like me, we gonna get it out the mud either way.
I leaned back in my rolling chair.
Had a quick conference call with The Good Shepherd.
And then, after checking my bank account one more time, I filled in my pronouns on the application.
“DAT RILLA”.
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